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A great hotel, with some 'buts'

Just returned from our first stay at the Flamingo. Had a lovely time, and overall we really enjoyed our stay there, but there's just a few things (in my opinion) that are holding the hotel back.
From what we understood, the Flamingo has had a major revamp recently, after joining the Smartline chain of hotels, and it shows. The reception has lovely decor, some really nice shabby chic touches, and at night the lighting is very mellow.
The Flamingo has lovely grounds, that are effectively split in two by the main road to Hisaronu/ Fethiye road. However, this isn't as big a problem as it sounds, as the road is higher than the hotel, and there is a tunnel (though you'd barely register it as such) that connects the two sections. You do get a lot of road noise, but to be honest, this is barely noticeable after a while.
The two pools are both unheated, but to be honest it's not necessary and the coolness is refreshing.
Wanted to highlight the good and the bad of the hotel:
The Good:
1. Location- location really is excellent. A short 10 minute walk and you're on the main strip (but not near enough to get a lot of noise). Also, the main road (as mentioned above) being right by the hotel is great for flagging down a passing Dolmus.
2., Cleanliness- the rooms and grounds are kept spotless by hardworking staff....Just returned from our first stay at the Flamingo. Had a lovely time, and overall we really enjoyed our stay there, but there's just a few things (in my opinion) that are holding the hotel back.

From what we understood, the Flamingo has had a major revamp recently, after joining the Smartline chain of hotels, and it shows. The reception has lovely decor, some really nice shabby chic touches, and at night the lighting is very mellow.

The Flamingo has lovely grounds, that are effectively split in two by the main road to Hisaronu/ Fethiye road. However, this isn't as big a problem as it sounds, as the road is higher than the hotel, and there is a tunnel (though you'd barely register it as such) that connects the two sections. You do get a lot of road noise, but to be honest, this is barely noticeable after a while.

The two pools are both unheated, but to be honest it's not necessary and the coolness is refreshing.

Wanted to highlight the good and the bad of the hotel:

The Good:1. Location- location really is excellent. A short 10 minute walk and you're on the main strip (but not near enough to get a lot of noise). Also, the main road (as mentioned above) being right by the hotel is great for flagging down a passing Dolmus. 2., Cleanliness- the rooms and grounds are kept spotless by hardworking staff. Really very impressed with this, they are a credit (largely unseen) to the hotel3. King-size beds in the room (we stayed in the one up from Standard), very comfy (hard, but I like hard mattresses). 4. LCD TV in the room - nice touch, but you only get one dedicated English channel- BBC World- so you will be disappointed if you've gone to watch TV5. The bar area by the main pool is a lovely place with plenty of easy chairs and bean-bags, and has TVs going around the circular bar for easy watching (eg. World Cup)6. I have to mention the toilets by the pool/ restaurant which are well kept and have a great decor.7. We didn't start with tea/coffee/kettle in the room, but this appeared after a week. I wasn't sure if this was us tipping the maid, or whether they rolled them out as a new 'thing' - the kettle appeared brand new8. WiFI- the hotel has five (!) wifi hotspots on site, which means that you can get a wifi signal pretty much wherever you are, and the speed is relatively good. We stayed in the 9 block and could get reception on the balcony very nicely.9. On-site shop sells the basics, but I'll come onto this in a moment10. They...More

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Room Tip: Make sure you get a room beginning with 8xx or 9xx if you want a sea view.

Stayed: June 2014, traveled as a couple

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 19, 2014

Dear GuestThank you so m uch for your honest review.It is nice so see positives and negatives points of us.Then we can improve.I really hopewe can see you again

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Just got back from a lovely 10 day break at the flamingo. 5th time we have stayed at this hotel, and it just keeps getting better. Fantastic value for money, there are not many places in the world where you can stay for £17 pppn including breakfast, and have such great customer service and a wonderful setting. There was 8 in our group, ages from 21 to 79, and everybody loved it, great pools, great bar, and great food, whether a lunch time snack or a full meal in the a la cart. Thank you to all the staff and Aakan the fantastic GM who could not do any more to make our stay any better. The Wheelchair for the mother in law was a great result. Roll on the 6th visit. Deane and Jill

Stayed: June 2014, traveled with family

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 18, 2014

Hello hello Hello,

Im glad you enjoyed staying with us again.It was lovely to see you all.ı would like say thank you so so much being part of flamingo family.I cant wait to see you all again.

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From the first moment we arrived we were given a warm welcome. We stayed in a family room and was ideal for us and our two children, 4 years and 8 months old. Before we booked we read about the amount of stairs but we managed with our pram and the staff would always help. There was only a small amount of steps the climb anyway. The hotel facilities where great, our eldest child loved the pools. Deniz and Marco are fab and all their staff. Nothing seems to much trouble they are always smiling. We will definitely be coming back to this hotel but we will be booking direct with flamingo hotel and not using thomas cook. Thomas cook told us countless times there was free ice cream for our 4 year old and there wasn't but this is an issue with Thomas cook not flamingo hotel. Thank you to all the staff for making our holiday a very relaxing and enjoyable one and Marco and Hakan keep practicing at table tennis. I let you win!Oliver

Stayed: June 2014, traveled with family

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 18, 2014

Dear Oliver

:) Thank you so much for your comments about us we are trying so hard to please our guest..I hope little one is a lot better now and hopefully see you all again .ı will keep practising till next year !!!

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Returned home last saturday 14th June after a lovely holiday , we had eight nights but just wish we could have had longer .Hotel is beautiful and clean,set in pretty surroundings , plenty of sun beds round the two pools, staff extremely hard working and helpful plus the food is very good . We particularly enjoyed the fish night ,thank you Marco and all your staff.We had a fridge and kettle in our room which we havn't had before in the previous hotel we stayed in so that was a real bonus.Had the best massage ever (three in fact )and a lovely turkish bath at the poolside spar.The climb up all the steps was a bit of a struggle as we are not young anymore but was worth it.Hope to return next year for longer.Thank you to all staff at The Flamingo.FromHazel and Mike .

Room Tip: There are lots off steps to some rooms so not ideal if you have very young children or your infirm but you can probably request one of the lower rooms.But some of the higher rooms have nice views

Stayed: June 2014, traveled as a couple

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 18, 2014

Dear Guests

thank you so so much your nice review.I really hope we can keep like this and we can get even better.Hope to see you again

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Upon arrival to the flamingo we had to tackle so many stairs with 2 children and many suitcases which wasn't ideal. Entering our room we thought it was a joke! A sofa bed and two single beds and broken air conditioning (which you are charged for everyday) we complained about our room as we have stayed in another hotel in the area and we had a door parting us away from the children, after all we were celebrating our wedding anniversary there and it was mentioned in our notes too! We were offered another room but it was the same layout sofa bed and single beds, we did have the most uncomfable sleep for 10 nights as the sofa bed was rock hard! So beware if you are a family of 4. Air conditioning they tried to fix at 1am in the morning with no luck! And apparently it got fixed the next day but i don't believe it did.

The breakfast is basic Turkish and we did have to eat out on occasion as my children got bored or eating just bread. We did eat lunch here and the food is nice and have to say deniz is great on the bar and a great cocktail maker too! Hasun is a lovely guy and he always spoke to my girls. Have to say that Marco is arrogant and rude spoke to us for a few days and he tried to sell one of there themed nights and we wasn't interested as there is so many lovely places to eat on the strip and he completely ignored us for the rest of the holiday and kept giving us dirty looks not a great restaurant manager! (He looks like Steven seagull) The spa is lovely and reasonably priced. They did place a bottle of wine in our room on our anniversary which was nice of them.

We chose to be by the pool which is turtle shaped which is on the 1st floor it's quieter and has a pool table and table tennis.

The £20 charge to keep your room on till just 5pm no later is a bit excessive as we wasn't being collected until a lot later.

I wouldn't return to this hotel as I feel it isn't really suitable for small children I was consiently worried that my 4 year old would fall down the 100 steps and she did on the last day but luckily no damage done.

And you are about 10 mins walk away from the strip too.

Stayed: June 2014

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 18, 2014

Dear VICTORIA LOUISE

We are really sorry you couldnt really enjoy your holiday.I wish we had family Suite room so you could have that room İnstead of our large room so you wouldnt share room with your kids.We knew ıt was your anniversary we did try to give nice room for you even we suggested other room.I will take notice and ı will try improve breakfast .ı really hope we could have another chance to make your holiday.Wishing best for you

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Just returned from our family holiday at the Flamingo Hotel. What a fantastic hotel, ideally situated, great facilities. You can relax by the pool near the bar or you can enjoy a quieter atmosphere at the pool higher up. Both pools are great for kids, our 6 year old daughter enjoyed playing in the kids pools and loved swimming in the bigger pools. The bar staff are very friendly, Deniz makes the best cocktails and is a whizz with milkshakes for the kids. The spa is worth a visit, we enjoyed a family Turkish Bath, it was lovely. The resident parrots are beautiful. All the staff are friendly and helpful. The setting of the hotel is perfect, views of the sea, mountains and para gliders. We will definitely be returning. Great holiday x

Stayed: June 2014, traveled with family

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HakanEfesakalli, General Manager at smartline Flamingo, responded to this reviewResponded June 15, 2014

Dear Claire

Thank you very much for your kind reviewof the holiday had with us recently.we are happy to note that you enjoyed all the facilities we had offered.We also thank you for receommending us for others who are planing to theirs holiday in Oludeniz.We look forwad to welcoming you again.

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